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A Chansey Operation (047)

A Chansey Operation!

After Pikachu gets an apple stuck in it's throat, Ash & co. rush it to a hospital. After being treated, they hear of a traffic accident that has left many Pokémon injured so Ash & Co. are recruited to help treat the Pokémon. Can they do it?

Well, if you got an entire apple yanked out of your throat, I imagine you'd feel better afterward too.

It amazes me that 4Kids found a way around the whole "Chansey-can't-fetch-Meowth's-charm" gag, considering all the Japanese words one would need to know to really understand it. At least one line seemed to make sense ("Get me my charm back! I'll pay any price!...I said 'price', not 'rice'!")

Well, if you got an entire apple yanked out of your throat, I imagine you'd feel better afterward too.

It amazes me that 4Kids found a way around the whole "Chansey-can't-fetch-Meowth's-charm" gag, considering all the Japanese words one would need to know to really understand it. At least one line seemed to make sense ("Get me my charm back! I'll pay any price!...I said 'price', not 'rice'!")

Really? If Dr. Proctor removed an apple from my throat, I'd ask him out for a date as a form of repayment.

This is definitely another one of those episodes where it's nice to see the twerps and Team Rocket getting along and working together, even if it was just for a little while. It's too bad it's so rare nowadays, but I'm glad they've had their civil episodes. It's also nice how Arbok and Weezing refused to attack after they'd been taken care of by the chanseys. The part where chansey kept handing Meowth the wrong things was pretty funny too.

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This was one interesting episode! Of course I tried to only see 3/4ths of it.
Yes, I just saw this episode today for the first time every
Ouch, I'm surprised Pikachu didn't die from the apple
All the needles made me light-headed in this episode, I'm so easily sickened.
I liked how Ash almost tried to capture the Dodrio after he weakened it. Heh, funny.

Quite frankly I'd be terrified if I were strapped like that with a giant needle in front of me. :P Yay go Chansey lol.

Is it just me or is this like one of the only times Pikachu says "a" or "ah"? It has said pi, ka, cha, chu, pika, pikachu, pikapi (which actually means Satoshi or Ash o_O), etc. I don't recall Pikachu saying "ah" anywhere else. So I thought that was pretty cool. I don't know what a pokemon that doesn't have an "ah" sound in their name could follow the doctor's instruction of saying ah.

I always wondered, what were the japanese jokes with Lucky mistaking what Nyasu wanted?

I liked this episode, but poor Ash nearly got killed by Team Rocket. But it was nice to see Team Rocket/Ash and Co work together again. And yes it was very funny to see Ash forget not to capter the Pokemon LOL.

Quick question about this episode. Does anyone know if it's chronologically accurate? I mean, in the previous episode (46 - Attack of the Prehistoric Pokemon) we see Ash finding Togepi (as an egg), and in the following episode (48 - Holy Matrimony), Brock is holding the egg (much like in the end of episode 46). This pattern, of seing Togepi's egg with the group is maintained in the following episodes too, until it actually hatches.

This brings me to this episode... it just seems "crammed" in the middle of the Togepi raising episodes because, as far as I can remember, there's no sign of Togepi whatsoever.

I'm assuming the whole thing took place BEFORE Ash found the egg... though when exactly, I'm not sure. Any ideas?

this one has to be one of my fav pokemon ep... very realistic having a human hospital instead of always a pokemon one. i liked how team rocket pitched in and help the 'twerps' out. very good plot. 9.3/10

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I liked this filler episode. Having a human hospital treat injured pokemon was an interesting twist, but there are a few things I don't get.
First of all, I heard Dr. Proctor mentioning that they're weren't enough doctors or nurses to help, so the twerps had to pitch in, but in the rest of the episode I never saw in other doctors or nurses, not even a cameo...wierd?
Also, how can a human hospital in Japan be closed? Last time a checked, Japan is a very heavily populated area and no matter what day it is, wouldn't there be at least one medical emergency. After all, that town they were in did look pretty big.
Where'd all the Chanseys come from? The pokemon center was busy, so they couldn't have possibly loaned out any of their Chanseys, so does that mean that those Chanseys actually work in the hospital and help treat the humans? I wonder if softboiled would even work on a human...

Actually, IMO the english dub did do a good job with more of the "charm puns" than you think. The first one with "I'll pay any price." and rice was spot on. I'm not sure about the game, but I think its name sounded similar to the word "rice" or something...apparently its called "go" in japan. Also, Meowth said "I want my charm, PLEASE!", the words "police" and "please" do sound similar if spoken really fast or loud. The only one that didn't make sense was with the raticate.
It was fun seeing TR and the twerps working together in the episode, as this is one of the few episodes that it happens. These "working together" episodes continually reinforce my belief that Jessie, James, and Meowth could have been nice guys if some of the circumstances in their pasts were different.
LOL, this one of the few episodes where a guy actually finds Jessie attractive and wants to date her! Most are turned off by her obnoxiousness and short temper, so it was pretty surprising when Dr. Proctor actually asked her out for pizza.
That was funny when Ash tried to capture the Dodrio but Brock stopped him.
I think I'm in agreement with 4kids editing of the needle in the arm scene, as the uncut one, which I've seen, probably would have frightened most of the younger viewers and older ones with bellanophobia (fear of needles and/or other sharp objects).
I makes me think, how could Pikachu have possible gotten a whole apple in its throat like that? I mean, I didn't think its mouth could open that big, and even after the apple was in, why did Pikachu not suffocate...oh wait, that's right, this is pokemon, and NOBODY DIES IN POKEMON! It's the most sacred in unwritten rule of the anime, RPGs, and the world of pokemon in general...not sure about the manga though...
Boy, Dr. Proctor was fast with that scapel...makes me think of what kind of "training" he actually got in medical school...
Well, all in all, this is a pretty entertaining filler, and I never pass up a chance to see it.

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A good episode, I enjoyed seeing the gang do something other than battling and actually help out, also seeing Misty in her nurse outfit was really nice she look very cute in it, I wonder if she got to keep it?

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